AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE
DELAWARE CODE ESTABLISHING FREEDOM TRAIL HISTORICAL MONUMENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Chapter
5 Subchapter II of Title 29 by creating a new §560 to read as
follows:

“§560 Freedom Trail”

Consistent with the authority
granted to the Department of State pursuant to §551 and §552,
the Department shall consider and recognize Delaware’s
Underground Railroad and other historical sites associated
with African American Freedom in Delaware and designate such
sites with specially designated Freedom Trail Markers. The
Department shall consider Delaware’s underground railroad
trail by utilizing the historical markers program to
identify important historical sites as evidence of the
struggle for freedom over slavery, segregation and other
forms of injustice.

SYNOPSIS

This Bill directs the
Department of State, and its division of Historical and
Cultural Affairs to recognize sites that evidence the
Freedom Trail in Delaware. The Freedom Trail is the
underground railroad which helped slaves escape to freedom
and other sites associated with African American Freedom in
Delaware.